Inuinnaqtun - Wikipedia
WebInuinnaqtun (IPA: [inuinːɑqtun]; natively meaning 'like the real human beings/peoples'), is an Inuit language. It is spoken in the central Canadian Arctic. It is related very closely to Inuktitut, and some scholars, such as Richard Condon, believe that Inuinnaqtun is more appropriately classified as a dialect of Inuktitut.
Inuvialuktun - Wikipedia
WebInuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut constitute three of the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories. Inuinnaqtun is also official alongside Inuktitut in Nunavut. The Inuvialuktun dialects are seriously endangered, as English has in recent years become the common language of the community. Surveys of Inuktitut usage in the NWT ...
My language, my heart - CBC.ca
WebJun 21, 2017 · Traditionally spoken in three Inuit communities in the Western Arctic, Inuinnaqtun could be gone in just two generations. But four Inuit women are fighting to revive it, one voice at a time.
Kitikmeot Heritage Society launches Inuinnaqtun revitalization project ...
WebJul 7, 2021 · The Kitikmeot Heritage Society is launching a language revitalization project on Inuinnaqtun, a dialect of the Inuit language. Slated to begin in the fall, the project will involve interviewing ...
Inuinnaqtun | dialect | Britannica
WebThe territorial government recognizes Inuinnaqtun, an Inuktitut dialect spoken in western Nunavut and written in roman letters, as one of the territory’s four main languages (Inuktitut, English, and French are the other three).
Inuinnaqtun Language Survival | Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq - PI/KHS
WebThe Inuinnaqtun language—the foundation of Inuinnait culture—has less than 600 fluent speakers remaining. By most estimates, it is a language that will be extinct in less than two generations. We're not alone.
Inuit work to revitalize endangered dialect in Nunavut
WebApr 2, 2021 · They’re speaking Inuinnaqtun, a dialect of Inuktut, while recording a podcast for the Kitikmeot Heritage Society as part of its campaign to preserve and protect the endangered language.
Western Nunavut heritage group aims to save Inuinnaqtun
WebInuinnaqtun won’t go down without a fight. There are fewer than 1,000 mother-tongue speakers of this Inuit language left in western Nunavut, but the Cambridge Bay-based Kitikmeot Heritage Society, or Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq—in Inuinnaqtun, “learning through culture”—has developed a plan to revitalize “our language, our identity ...
Original Voices: INUINNAQTUN - CBC.ca
WebInuinnaqtun is an Inuit language spoken mainly in Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk in western Nunavut and Ulukhaktok, N.W.T. It’s written using the Roman alphabet. It is an official language in N.W.T...
Inuinnaqtun English Dictionary | The Nunavut Bilingual …
WebMar 27, 2014 · Inuinnaqtun English Dictionary. Edited by Gwen Agulalik. The only Inuinnaqtun-language dictionary in Canada, this indispensable reference compiles nearly two thousand terms in Inuinnaqtun and English.
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